Hulne Park
Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brizlee Tower and Alnwick Abbey.
Brizlee Tower
Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brizlee Tower is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders.
Alnwick Abbey
Building
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hulne Priory and Abberwick.
Hulne Priory
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
Abberwick
Locality
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abberwick is a hamlet near the River Aln, in the civil parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. Abberwick is situated 2 miles west of Hulne Park.
Denwick
Village
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about 1.4 miles north-east of Alnwick. Denwick is situated 3 miles east of Hulne Park.
Hulne Park
- Type: Estate
- Description: park in Northumberland, United Kingdom
- Categories: park and agriculture
- Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Hulne Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Danish—“Hulne Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “休恩公園”
- Danish: “Hulne Park”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Hulne Park”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Denwick and Shilbottle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cloudy Crags and Hobberlaw Quarry.
Northumberland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Berwick-upon-Tweed, Lindisfarne, Morpeth, and Hexham.
Curious Estates to Discover
Uncover intriguing estates from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hulne Park”. Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.